Here is how a bunch of Republicans spent their Wednesday (from NBC News): Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told attendees at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Summit in a keynote speech that immigration reform legislation is “not a question of if, but when.” Reince Priebus, chairman of the... Continue »
Republicans have a moth-to-flame relationship with Rep. Steve King. Privately they’ll tell you he’s an asshole, but when it comes to votes, there’s no doubt about it, King is running the show. That’s why the least productive, if not counter productive, Congress in history has allowed no votes on immigration reform — but... Continue »
The #Fast4Families bus tour is still going strong, and yesterday they stopped at a Paul Ryan town hall in Franklin, Wisconsin. Ryan often says sympathetic things about immigration reform, and agrees that current laws are broken.  But he’s also done next to nothing to push immigration legislation through the... Continue »
Yesterday, at a speech in San Antonio, Rep. Paul Ryan talked about the House GOP plans for immigration. During his remarks, Ryan spouted what has become a standard GOP talking point: Ryan made it clear that if the Republican-led House passes a handful of immigration bills, it won’t enter talks... Continue »
4:58 PM EDIT: According to Think Progress, Ryan contradicted himself on citizenship just a few weeks ago: The congressman debunked his own claim that undocumented immigrants might be “pushed” into citizenship a few weeks ago, when he stressed how arduous the process would be: “At the end of the day, if everybody... Continue »
Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen several Wisconsin Republicans step up on the issue of citizenship for the undocumented.  Governor Scott Walker supports citizenship. Rep. Paul Ryan is supportive and taking a leading role on immigration in the House. And the American people, including most Republicans, support citizenship.... Continue »
With the Senate clearing an important procedural hurdle on immigration reform yesterday and prospects looking good for a strong bipartisan vote on final passage later this week, attention is moving to the House of Representatives.  While the conventional wisdom among the commentariat is that the House will thwart immigration... Continue »
After a town hall earlier this month in which Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) referred to immigrants as “anchor babies,” members of the Wisconsin immigrant-rights group Voces de la Frontera (and their youth arm, Youth Empowered in the Struggle), collected and delivered 7,226 petitions asking Ryan to apologize for using... Continue »
Maribel Hastings is a senior adviser to America’s Voice: Barely a month ago, I started attending a Methodist church in my neighborhood. Like other majority-black churches here in Washington, D.C., the topic of the election was never far from anyone’s minds–or their prayers. The foremost request: the reelection of... Continue »